Established in 2012, thousands of post-production mixers, sound designers, composers and educators in over 50 countries rely on Penteo audio plugins to deliver an immediate, phaseless, high quality upmix or downmix from any format between stereo to surround up to 16-channel immersive sound formats.
All Major Studios
Use Penteo
Penteo Users in 50+ Countries Worldwide
Major Broadcasters
Worldwide Rely on Penteo
We focus on being the first to bring the latest sound and technology innovations to our customers so that they can benefit the most. Penteo has led the market being the first phaseless upmixer, the first to port to 64 bit architecture and the first integrated 16 channel upmix/downmixer.
Penteo Innovations
2013
1st phaseless 5.1 upmixer
2016
2019
1st phaseless 7.1 upmixer
1st AAX 64 bit upmixer
1st multichannel Audiosuite
1st phaseless Atmos upmixer
1st integrated phaseless Downmixer
1st 3D multi-channel Visualizer
2021
1st phaseless Ambisonics en/decoder
1st to support all Atmos formats
1st to include Binaural output for 360 audio
We are proud to have won multiple industry awards including twice being named 'Upmixer of the Year', and won ProTools Expert’s head to head ‘Upmixer Shootout’ competition.
Penteo Awards
Product of the Year Winner
Upmix Plugin Shootout Winner
Expert's Choice Winner
Editor's Choice Winner
PerfectSurround technology delivers a perfect stereo upmix that will always downmix back to the original stereo 100% ITU, every time from any source.
Only PerfectSurround technology is completely phaseless so mixers never have to compromise their upmix to get an ‘exact’ downmix: PerfectSurround delivers both every time from any source file.
Highest Upmix Quality +
Perfect Downmix
Unique phaseless process
Highest quality multichannel upmix
Perfect downmix, any format, every time
PerfectSurround results in a deeply immersive and most natural sounding upmix with wide channel separation of the highest quality without introducing any unwanted sonic artifacts into the process.
We have invested in the best, most unique technology so that our controls and logic do the heavy work to speed your surround or immersive upmix session.
High Quality Upmix +
Perfect Downmix Every Time
Unique Phaseless Process
Highest quality multichannel upmix
Perfect Downmix every time, for any format
High Quality Upmix +
Perfect Downmix Every Time